Celebrities in Uniform: Did You Know These Heroes Were in the Military?

Hollywood may be known for bragging and showing off, but these celebs decided to stay humble about their time in the military. Who knew that so many celebrities served our country in the military? It’s a wonder they managed to stay so quiet, even though they did the most selfless thing possible for one’s country. Some of them chose to enlist and others were drafted when their country went to war. It doesn’t matter how famous you were, though, you couldn’t get out of enlistment! In fact, many celebrities have fought in the Vietnam War, Korean War, World War II, while others did some service in the 21st century. Here are the celebrities that used to be in the military!

Mr T

Better known as Mr T, Laurence Tureaud joined the Army in the seventies, and became a military policeman. And he was certainly good at it! In November 1975, his drill sergeant gave him a letter of recommendation, and out of a whole cycle of 6,000 troops, he was promoted to squad leader after being elected the “Top Trainee of the Cycle.” He was once given a punishment to cut down trees, without being told how many, and he cut 70 in only 3 and a half hours!